From Mr Steve Anderson, Mr Richard Belfield Sir: Martyn Gregory
is obviously deeply upset that Neil Hamilton lost his libel action against Mohamed Al Fayed. He talked to the Hamilton team before and during the trial, but Mr Gregory's man was still defeated by the simple sword of truth and the shield of justice. The judge decid- ed, despite Mr Gregory's protestations, that there was no credible evidence to support his claim that Mohamed Al Fayed 'exerted an extraordinary and malign influence' over the 1998 ITV documentary Diana: Secrets Behind the Crash. Accordingly, the judge did not allow the programme to be a signif- icant part of the trial. If the judge decided there was nothing in Mr Gregory's wild and insupportable allegations against the pro- gramme, why did The Spectator believe they merited such exposure?
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